英语词汇“wryneck”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Snake′-bird, a darter: the wryneck; Snake′-eel, a long Mediterranean eel, its tail without a tail-fin.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z

The sound is unlike any other, but that is nothing, since the same can be said of the wryneck and cuckoo and grasshopper warbler. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z

Now the spring visitors—as the cuckoo, the swallow, and wryneck—appear in Surrey considerably sooner than they do farther west. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z

He then describes the differences in the structure of their feet; remarking, that most of them have three toes before and one behind, although a few, as the wryneck, have two only before. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History

When far off they uttered cries which reminded me of that of the wryneck, and which I at first thought came from a little auk. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896

The wryneck's 'kie-kie-kie,' the last syllable plaintively prolonged, is not like the call or songs of other birds; it reminds one of the peacock's strange scream, not in its actual sound, but its singularity. The Hills and the Vale

Says the author quoted above: "When the sitting bird is interfered with, she defends her treasures with great courage, hissing like a wryneck, and vigorously striking at her aggressor with her sharp bill." Our Bird Comrades

The wryneck was thought to build the nest, and hatch and feed the young of the cuckoo. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales

Pied and golden-backed woodpeckers, companies of nuthatches, and, here and there, a wryneck move about on the trunks and branches, looking into every cranny for insects. A Bird Calendar for Northern India

As love goddesses were "Fates", however, the wryneck may have been connected with the belief that the perpetrator of a murder, or a death spell, could be detected when he approached his victim's corpse. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

I have heard the wryneck calling in the oak at the end of the garden every morning this season before rising, and suspect, from his constant presence, that a nest will be built close by. The Hills and the Vale

The chief food of the wrynecks consists of ants, which they pick up with their delicately tapered tongues. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits

In the book was a Latin recipe for drying the poor wryneck, and using him as a philtre which should compel the love of any person desired. Hereward, the Last of the English

Those wrynecks, by the way, are abundant but hard to see. Alone

All at once he remembered that he knew, or had known formerly, the wryneck very well, but he had never learnt its name. Birds in Town and Village

Last year the wryneck was a scarce bird in this neighbourhood; in all my walks I heard but two or three, and at long intervals. The Hills and the Vale

"Aye, that I will—that I will: but my head is considering of affairs," answered Master Short—he of the wryneck. The Splendid Spur

It was no bird, no wryneck, but a being that once, long, long, long ago, in that same beautiful place, had been a village boy—a free, careless, glad-hearted boy, like many another. Birds in Town and Village

I have lingered long over the wryneck, but have still a story to relate of this bird—not a fairy tale this time, but true. Birds in Town and Village

The wryneck and the woodpecker may be mentioned; and a still better instance is afforded by the small, gem-like kingfisher—the only British bird which can properly be described as gem-like. Birds in Town and Village

During the talk that followed I asked him if he knew the wryneck, and if it ever nested in his orchard. Birds in Town and Village

The incident seemed to show that the wryneck had been scarce at this place for a very long period. Birds in Town and Village

单词	wryneck
例句	wryneck Snake′-bird, a darter: the wryneck; Snake′-eel, a long Mediterranean eel, its tail without a tail-fin.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The sound is unlike any other, but that is nothing, since the same can be said of the wryneck and cuckoo and grasshopper warbler. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Now the spring visitors—as the cuckoo, the swallow, and wryneck—appear in Surrey considerably sooner than they do farther west. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z He then describes the differences in the structure of their feet; remarking, that most of them have three toes before and one behind, although a few, as the wryneck, have two only before. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History When far off they uttered cries which reminded me of that of the wryneck, and which I at first thought came from a little auk. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The wryneck's 'kie-kie-kie,' the last syllable plaintively prolonged, is not like the call or songs of other birds; it reminds one of the peacock's strange scream, not in its actual sound, but its singularity. The Hills and the Vale Says the author quoted above: "When the sitting bird is interfered with, she defends her treasures with great courage, hissing like a wryneck, and vigorously striking at her aggressor with her sharp bill." Our Bird Comrades The wryneck was thought to build the nest, and hatch and feed the young of the cuckoo. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Pied and golden-backed woodpeckers, companies of nuthatches, and, here and there, a wryneck move about on the trunks and branches, looking into every cranny for insects. A Bird Calendar for Northern India As love goddesses were "Fates", however, the wryneck may have been connected with the belief that the perpetrator of a murder, or a death spell, could be detected when he approached his victim's corpse. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria I have heard the wryneck calling in the oak at the end of the garden every morning this season before rising, and suspect, from his constant presence, that a nest will be built close by. The Hills and the Vale The chief food of the wrynecks consists of ants, which they pick up with their delicately tapered tongues. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits In the book was a Latin recipe for drying the poor wryneck, and using him as a philtre which should compel the love of any person desired. Hereward, the Last of the English Those wrynecks, by the way, are abundant but hard to see. Alone All at once he remembered that he knew, or had known formerly, the wryneck very well, but he had never learnt its name. Birds in Town and Village Last year the wryneck was a scarce bird in this neighbourhood; in all my walks I heard but two or three, and at long intervals. The Hills and the Vale "Aye, that I will—that I will: but my head is considering of affairs," answered Master Short—he of the wryneck. The Splendid Spur It was no bird, no wryneck, but a being that once, long, long, long ago, in that same beautiful place, had been a village boy—a free, careless, glad-hearted boy, like many another. Birds in Town and Village I have lingered long over the wryneck, but have still a story to relate of this bird—not a fairy tale this time, but true. Birds in Town and Village The wryneck and the woodpecker may be mentioned; and a still better instance is afforded by the small, gem-like kingfisher—the only British bird which can properly be described as gem-like. Birds in Town and Village During the talk that followed I asked him if he knew the wryneck, and if it ever nested in his orchard. Birds in Town and Village The incident seemed to show that the wryneck had been scarce at this place for a very long period. Birds in Town and Village
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